Combined pencil and penholder



(No Model.)

J. D. KIOUS. COMBINED PENCIL AND PENHOLDER.

No. 570,932. Patented Nov; 10, 1896.

K F AM UNITED STATES PATENT -OFFICE.

JASPER D. KIOUS, OF MOMENOE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO \VILL O. CURTIS,

. OF GRANT PARK, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED PENCIL AND PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,932, dated November10, 1896. Application filed January 24, 1896. Serial No. 576,706. (Nomodel.)

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ASPERD. KIoUs, acitizen of theUnited States,residing at Momence, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Penciland Penholder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object that I have in view in my present invention is to provide asimple and cheap contrivance which can be slipped over a pencil or othersuitable staff, and which shall be so constructed as to hold itself inplace thereon and also grasp and retain a pen, said contrivance beingcapable of being moved endwise on the pencil or staff to a positionwhere the pen will be projected beyond the pencil-point to enable thepen to be used for writing purposes, or the contrivance may be drawnback on the pencil or staff and have the pen lie close alongside thesame, in order to afford a protection for the pen and prevent it fromcatching in the pocket.

Vith these ends in view my invention consists in the construction of aholder, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my improved holder with the pen and stafi removed. Fig. 2 is aperspective view showing th e holder adjusted for service. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the holder, showing it withdrawn on the staff toprotect the pen. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of my holder, inwhich is produced a slot for the purpose of having access to the heel ofthe pen to enable the same to be easily ejected from the holder.

Like letters of reference denote correspondin g parts in all the figuresof the drawings.

A designates a suitable staff.

B is the slidable holder, and O is a pen to be carried by said holder13.

The staff may be a lead-pencil, pointed, as shown, or it maybe anordinary staff of wood or other material, such as a penholder-staff. Ofcourse any suitable kind of pen C may be used.

My holder B is in the form of a convolute elas- 5 5 tie tube, having atone end aturned-up flange 1) to prevent ink from flowing along the tubeand soiling the fingers of the writers hand when the device is in use.This holder B is made from a single blank or piece of sheet metal havinga certain degree of elasticity and springiness, and said blank or pieceof sheet metal is coiled upon itself one or more times to produce aconvolute tube of appropriate length and diameter to enable it to 6properly fit upon and clasp the staff A. The upturned flange Z) at oneend of the convolute tube may be made on the blank before it is coiled,or said flange b may be produced at the end of the tube after it hasbeen coiled by flaring the end of the tube slightly.

The construction of the convolute tubular holder enables it to grasp andretain the pen and to clasp itself upon the staff. The holder B can beslipped over the end of a pencil or other staff, and as it is eXpansibleand 0011- tractible by reason of the material used and the mode ofmaking it the holder operates to closely hug the staff by frictionalcontact,

whereby the tube holds itself in place on the staff and can be movedendwise any desired position.

It will readily be seen that the shank of the pen can easily be thrustbetween the overthereon to lapped or convolute portions of the holder at8 5 of the convolute tube will be pressed closely together, and therebygrasp the pen more tightly.

To use the device for writing with ink, the convolute tubular holder Bis moved endwise on the pencil or staff to a position whereby 5 the pen0 is projected beyond the staff or pencilpoint. In this position theholder clasps the staff with sufficient force so as to remain in placeand hold the pen O steadily to adapt the implement for service. \Vhen it'10s is not desired to use the pen, the holder B is drawn back on thestaff far enough for the pen to lie close alongsidev the staff orpencil, in which position the points of the pen will be protected by thestaff or pencil to prevent the pen from catching in the pocket. If theholder is used on apencil, it can be withdrawn far enough to prevent theholder and pen from interfering with the writer when the lead-pencil isused.

In the construction shown by Fig. -.t of the drawings 1 have illustratedthe holder as provided with a slot f in the outer layer or coil. It isintended that the pen shall be inserted between the two layers or coilsof the holder in a manner to expose the heel of the pen through the slotf, in order that access may be had to the heel of the pen for thepurpose of pushing the pen out of the holder whenever desired, as, forinstance, should the user desire to eject the pen before sliding theholder on the staff or pencil to bring the holder to a position Where itwill be out of the Way.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, an attachment for pencils, pen-staffs,or the like, con sisting of an elongated slidable holder bent or coiledfrom a single piece or blank of elastic sheet metal into a convol utetube with overlapping side edges, forming a clasp to receive a pen atone end and adapted to hold itself in place upon a suitable staif, saidtube or holder provided at the pen-receiving end with the angular lip orflange and further provided, at an intermediate point of its length,with a longitudinal slot, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JASPER D. KIOUS. \Vitnesses:

EBEN B. GoWER, HENRY 0. Burns.

